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Musk's role in government shutdown drama could be a preview of role he plays for incoming president next year ...

Investigation by Senate Democrats found that Thomas accepted gifts and travel worth more than $4.75m since 1991 ...

Gerry Connolly, 74, beat AOC's bid to become lead Democrat on the House oversight committee thanks to Nancy Pelosi, then 85 ...

Trump is hardly the first US president to introduce miscast nominees, but he has nominated ambassadors at a rate not recalled in recent memory ...

American confidence in the courts has hit a record low across party lines. This is worrying - if not surprising ...

Democrats had put emphasis on federal courts following Trump's first term, when he filled three supreme court seats ...

President-elect, yet to take office, faces internal rebellion, with the specter of 'President Musk' looming large ...

If lawmakers don't secure a spending deal before Friday midnight, all nonessential government functions will pause ...

An effective fight against the president-elect requires a struggle that takes the frustrations of working-class voters seriously ...

Commentator claims he was target of man holding a gun and crossbow who was later fatally shot by Illinois police ...